Childreach International

A Southfields student - 20 year old Katharine O'Donnell - has been in touch to let me know about her part in a 250 student fundraising expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro.

Nottingham is my old University, so I've agreed to publicise Katharine's fundraising effort.

The climb is in aid of Childreach International, a global youth development charity that works to alleviate poverty and bring education, safe water and healthcare to the world's poorest and most vulnerable children.

Katharine and her mates from the University of Nottingham set off on their climb in June. From the reports we're getting back from the Comic Relief celebrity team that have just accomplished the feat, it's going to be a gruelling, once-in-a-lifetime challenge.

If you would like to support her efforts then you can donate via her website at http://www.justgiving.com/katharinesmammothclimb. For more information about the work of Childreach International visit their website here